Memphis Slim: Fip, Fil And Sim (25th anniversary edition)

Editorial:Until his death in Paris in 1988 at the age of 73, Memphis Slim was one of blues' major exponents. Born and raised in Memphis, he moved to Chicago in the late 1930s, where he began recording as a leader for the Okeh label, and throughout the 40s and the 50s cut sides for Chess, Mercury and United Records, before landing at Vee-Jay and recording definitive versions of his best-known songs.Slim exhibited his perpetually independent mindset by leaving the US for good in 1962. A tour of Europe in partnership with bassist Willie Dixon a couple of years earlier had so intrigued the pianist that he permanently moved to Paris, where recording and touring possibilities seemed limitless and the veteran pianist was treated with the respect too often denied even African-American blues stars at home back then. He remained there until his death, enjoying his stature as expatriate blues royalty.1 Fip, Fil and Fim2 Christina3 Zorba The Freak4 Movin'On5 Down In Alabama6 Keep The Blues Alive7 Violin Boogie8 Sassy Mae9 All By Myself10 Bye Bye Bye Blues11 That's Where I'm Coming From12 Call Me The Boogie Man13 1040 Form Blues14 You'll Soon Be Singing The Blues ?15 He Flew The Coop16 Going Back To Memphis17 Do You Thing I've Got The Blues18 Fore Day Train19 Shaking That Thing20 Early In The Morning21 Memphis Blues